William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)Library of America, 1. okt 1990 - 1136 pages Hailed as prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, William Tecumseh Sherman is the most controversial general of the American Civil War. “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it,” he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges. With the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns, Sherman describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American warrior provides firsthand accounts of the war’s crucial events—Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, the marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I From 1820 to the Mexican War 1846 | 9 |
Early Recollections of California18461848 | 35 |
Missouri Louisiana and California18501855 106 | 128 |
California New York and Kansas 18571859 | 153 |
Louisiana18591861 | 163 |
MissouriApril and May 1861 | 184 |
From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah Kentucky and Missouri 18611862 | 194 |
Battle of ShilohMarch and April 1862 | 241 |
Memphis to Arkansas PostJuly 1862 to January 1863 | 285 |
VicksburgJanuary to July 1863 | 326 |
Chattanooga and KnoxvilleJuly to December 1863 | 370 |
Meridian CampaignJanuary and February 1864 | 414 |
APPENDIX 435 | 437 |
Memoirs of General William T Sherman Vol II | 459 |
Chronology | 1085 |
Note on the Text II21 | 1121 |
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